A Thousand Years in the Mortal World: My Home's Sun and Moon Shine on the Rivers and Mountains

I woke up to find that I had become the family's "torchbearer," able to communicate with every generation of ancestors in the ancestral hall.

As our bloodlines resonated, I saw how our ancestors had risked their lives at Gaixia at the end of the Qin dynasty to save the remnants of the Conqueror's forces, winning the family its first glimmer of hope; how, amid the chaos of the Three Kingdoms, an ancestor stole half a volume of a heavenly book amid the flames of Red Cliffs, laying the foundation for our distinguished clan; how, during the upheaval of the Five Barbarians, an ancestor carried ten thousand books south, kindling the spark of civilization in a wilderness; and how, during the An Lushan Rebellion, an ancestor hid the imperial bloodline among the ruins of Chang'an...

For a thousand years, our family never fought for the throne of the moment, only for what was right in the world.

Until I discovered that hidden deep within our bloodline was a world-shaking secret that even my ancestors had never dared to touch...